Revolver-clip



M. M. GLASSER.

REVOLVER CLIP.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.22, 1919'.

Patented Dec. 30, 1919 INVENTOR ATTORNEYS WITNESSES MAURICE MORTDECAI GLASSER, 0F CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA.

REVOLVER-CLIP.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec. 30, 1919.

' Application filed August 722, 1919. Serial No. 319,149.

i To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAURICE M. (irLAssEn, a citizen of the United States, and a resl dent of Charleston, in the county of Charleston and State of South Carolina,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Revolver-Clips, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in revolver clips, and has for its object to provide a device of the character specified for rigidly connecting the filling for the cylin-' der of a revolver, in such manner that the entire filling may be inserted and removed at a single operation, and wherein the device will not interfere with the closing of the revolver after the chambers of the cylinder are filledfiand which will not interere'with the rotation of the cylinder during use. 4

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side view of a portion of'a revolver, having one of the clips in place;

Fig. 2 is a front view of a loading clip; F Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33 of 1g. 2; Fig. 4 is a front view of a modified construction; and 1 Fig. 5 is a section on line 55 of Fig. 4. The'embodiment of the invention shown in Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive, is shown in connection with the revolver 1 ofany preferred construction, the said revolver having the usual cylinder 12 mounted to rotate uponthe pin 3. The clip 4 is a ring-of suitable material, having openings for receiving the heads 5 of the cartridges 6. These openings for receiving cartridges are of a diameter to receive that portion of the cartridges, namely the bead or head, which is of greatest diameter, and that face of the ring which is remote from the body of. the cartridges is flush with the closed or cap bearing end of the cartridges.

The cartridges are held in place in the clips in any suitable or desired manner, as

for instance'by brazing or soldering or electric welding. The improved clip does not interfere with the closing action of the revolver in that type which breaks-to permit loading nor with the lateral movement of the-cylinder in that type where the cylin der swings laterally to reload. An entire charge of five, six or more cartridges may a be inserted at a single operation and a fired charge may be withdrawn at a single operation.

questionable feature, cuttin In the embodiment of the invention shown in 'Figs. 4 and 5, the clip indicated at 7, is integral'with the casings or jackets 8 of the cartridges. That is, instead of having open ings in the. ring in which the heads are .re-,

ceived, the. heads are made integral with the ring, the said ring having openings indicated at 9, for receiving the firing caps or detonators of the cartridges. 1

With the improved clip, the loading of the revolver is reduced to a single operation, instead of requiring from five to seven as in the usual manner. In the unloading in the usual manner some of the cartridges have a tendency. to pass between the chamber rod and .the chamber or cylinder and to fasten themselves in place. This necessarily takes a lot of time to take these cartridges individually out of the chamber before reloading. The clip eliminates this the time of loading to about of the t1me ordinarily required and-cutting'the time required for ejecting to about The cartridges are held in properly spaced relation and rigidly so that they slip at once into the cylinder. It is obvious that the clip is not necessarily circular but may be of any proper'form that will hold the cartridges rigidly and properly spaced.

It will be evident that any preferred method might be used for connecting the cartridges to the supporting ring, as for instance the usual annular shoulder at the cap end ofthe cartridges might be omitted,'and

this end might be received directly into the ring and-soldered or brazed to the ring, or the ring might have only openings for the detonating' caps, that is the said caps might be held in the ring itself and the cartridges might be abutted againstthe ring and fastened byany suitable means. Thus the ring would carry the detonating caps.

I claim:

A charging clip for revolvers, comprising a support of a thickness to be received between the end of the cylinder and the frame and carrying a charge of cartridges ex- .tending laterally therefrom in spaced relation, andwith their detonators at the opposite face of the clip from the bodies of the cartridges, said clip and cartridge bodies being integral andthe clip having openings for the detonators.

MAURICE MORTDEOAI GLASSER. 

